The Demon of Mount Oe

1960 [JAPANESE]

Action / Fantasy / Horror

3
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 244 244

Director

Tokuzô Tanaka Photo
Tokuzô Tanaka

Top cast

Shintarô Nanjô Photo
Shintarô Nanjô as Yoshitsune Kami
Raizô Ichikawa Photo
Raizô Ichikawa as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
Kichijirô Ueda Photo
Kichijirô Ueda as Taro Arakuma
Atsuko Kindaichi Photo
Atsuko Kindaichi as Katsurahime
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1.02 GB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles ru  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 2
1.89 GB
1916*800
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles ru  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by or-elsewhere 5 / 10

Fair To Middling

It's good to see Shintaro Katsu prior to starring as the inimitable Zatoichi. Unfortunately the characters in "The Demon Of Mount Oe" fall a little flat, like damp cardboard cutouts waiting to be folded up and stored away in a shed, never to be seen or heard from again. Nothing wrong with the acting though, the entire cast give solid perdormances and did the best they could with the perfuntorily sketched characters. The film itself is just ok, in my opinion. The story is fine but the sfx are quite dated and the sequencing feels a little ponderous. Like the editor just did minimal work as if in protest that he wasn't getting paid enough.
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Reviewed by kevin_robbins 7 / 10

A fun Japanese samurai horror movie

The Demon of Mt OE (1960) is a movie that I recently watched on a random streaming service. The storyline follows a village in the mountains plagued by a shape shifting demon that turns into various animals and creatures. A team of samurai work together to try and save the local villagers from the demon.

This movie is directed by Tokuzô Tanaka (Zatoichi the Fugitive) and stars Kazuo Hasegawa (Gate of Hell), Raizô Ichikawa (Ninja, a Bad of Assassins), Kôjirô Hongô (Satan's Sword), Ryûzô Shimada (The Tale of Zatoichi) and Jun Tazaki (Ran).

This is a fun Japanese samurai horror movie. The settings and samurai fights are excellent. The mountain backdrops are beautiful and the fight scenes have a nice array of swords, spears and axes choreography. The horror elements are dated and the papier-mâché animals/creatures made me laugh. The flying heads were awesome and Tanaka did a great job using lighting and shadows to create intensity. The storyline is pretty straightforward but the fight and action scenes are entertaining and carry the movie.

Overall, this is a fun Japanese samurai/horror mashup that's worth watching once. I'd score this a 6/10 and recommend it if you're looking for something different.

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